Incident 531: AI-Assisted Body Scanners Reportedly Subjected Transgender Travelers to Invasive Body Searches
Description: Transportation Security Administration (TSA)'s use of image-processing body scanners at airports led transgender and gender-nonconforming travelers to be subjected to allegedly discriminatory and invasive searches, such as being asked to remove undergarments in private rooms by officers not of their gender.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: L3Harris Technologies developed an AI system deployed by Transportation Security Administration, which harmed transgender travelers and gender-nonconforming travelers.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
531
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2017-09-15
Editors
Khoa Lam
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
propublica.org · 2019
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This story was co-published with the Miami Herald.
On Sept. 15, 2017, Olivia stepped into a full-body scanner at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
When she stepped out, a female Transportation Security Administration offi…
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